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A must-see attraction in Calgary, it gives an amazing, birds-eye view of the city all the way to the mountains on the west side.

The Calgary Tower is a 626 feet tall observation tower in Downtown Calgary, Canada. The tower was renamed to Calgary Tower in 1971, from its original name ( Husky Tower). It opened to the public on June 30, 1968 and is the tallest building in Calgary.

The tower also features a carillon ( a musical instrument consisting of 23 cup-shaped bronze bells, which are played serially to produce a melody – It is typically housed in the bell tower of a church ). This was presented to the city by the local Dutch community in 1975 as part of the city’s centennial celebrations.

Main Floor Hours: Daily: 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Address :
101 9th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 1J9

Dining options :

Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse (Phone : 403-246-3636 )
Located at the base of the Calgary Tower on the 2nd level. (Open from 5:00 pm everyday )

Sky 360 Restaurant (Phone : 403-532-7966 )
SKY 360 Restaurant offers a full view of the city as it revolves once every 45 minutes during lunchtime and once per hour during dinner service.

Chinese travel company Ctrip has bought a Palo Alto, California based startup called Trip.com.
Trip.com ( a one-stop travel booking services available in 13 languages ) was founded in 2010 by former Myspace exec Travis Katz and has raised $39 million from investors like Battery Ventures, Redpoint and others. Trip.com has built an extensive hotel booking network with more than 1.2 million hotels in 200 countries and regions. Ctrip , founded in 1999 in Shanghai, China, is a leading provider of travel services and it trades in the US on NASDAQ with a market cap of $25 billion.

Hitlist, an app which helps to grab flight and travel bargains has finally released an android app. The app takes your location and then sifts through a multitude of deals from its travel partners, giving you cheap flights to various destinations starting from your location, which you can instantly book from the app.

Some of the major features of the app include :

Automatically get notified of cheap flight deals.

Discover new destinations in Explore Lists.

Plan a trip or add destinations to your “Hitlist”, then get live updates when flight prices drop

GetYourGuide is announcing a $75M Series D, led by Battery Ventures bringing its total raised to $170 Million. They claim to be the world’s largest online platform for booking tours, attractions and activities.

They are mainly focused on European markets – as most of their travel destinations are in Europe ( and also most of their customers are from Germany and the United Kingdom). They are seeing some traction here in United States.

GetYourGuide was founded in 2009 by Tobias Rein, Martin Sieber, Johannes Reck and Tao.

Investor Info : Battery Ventures is a technology focused Investment firm ( with headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts ) , founded in 1983 by Rick Frisbie, Howard Anderson & Bob Barrett. It has total assets of 5.8 Billion USD and over 60 employees. ( as a side note, another travel tech company trip.com, which raised $39 Million USD from Battery ventures, Red point and others, was acquired by Ctrip – the Chinese travel giant)